[MUD-Dev] Hosting questions

[Frederick Nacino]

Scott Jennings wrote:

> Well, is your server running under Windows or Unix? If Unix, you
> won't need much more than a shell account no matter what; if the
> server host has half a brain you won't be ABLE to crash the
> server, even if you wanted to.

> If Windows, you can use VNC or similar programs to run the machine
> remotely, but if your server hard-locks the machine you will
> probably need someone on call to press the shiny red emergency
> button.

Even that can be done remotely with a smart datacenter that has
power consoles installed, allowing you to login to the power strip
and turn off/turn on the power to the offending machine.

Fred

<EdNote: These are normally called, "IP addressable power strips".>

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